Wall-paper-display panel



May 28, 1929. 4 A, K|RK ET AL l .1,715,164

wALL PAPER DISPLAY PANEL Filed Nov. 6. 1925 I 2 Sheets-Sheet l l I JZ a v 7 lNvENToRS May 28, 1929. A KIRK ET AL l 1,715,164

WALL PAPER DI'SPLAY PANEL I Filed Nov. 6, 192.5 2 sheets-sheer. 2

Patented yMay 2S, 192.9,

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ARCHIBALD KIRK AND SAMUEL LfBRIER-LY, 0F BEAVER FALLS, PENNSLVANIA, ASSIGITOBS TO E 35 B COI/IPAIT, F BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, A C lORPORA-4 T1033" OF PENNSYIFIAHIA.

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application 'filed November 6, 17525. 'Serald 67,242.

This invention is for an impr veJ Lent in a panel adapted especially for the display or.

it is a common practice to display amples et paper, with or without samples el borders, ceilings, binders or othertrimmings,on apancl bv means if which the general appearance and etl'ect of the paper may be shown to the best advantage. Such panels are usually hinged along the wall so that a customer may leaf throueh them in makin@f a selection.

ln panels heretofore provided iior this purpose, it has been necessary to paste 'the samplesin the panel and this requires considerabletime and care and inakesv replacement diiiicult.

It also happens that during a busy season, a particular pattern 'of paper will become exhausted during the course of a day, and since the sample cannot vbe readily removed or covered by another sample, it must remain on exhibition until the dealer may havean opportunity to take the time to remove it from display. It will frequently happen that a prospective customer will, upon seeing the sample of the exhausted paper, want it to the exclusion of any other pattern, and being unable to obtain it, will go elsewhere; whereas, were it possible to immediately remove such sample, that customer, not having seen the exhausted paper, would make a selection from such paper as remained in stock. Y

According to the present invention it is proposed to provide a display panel wherein samples of paper can be placed and removed in a short space of time without the use or' paste and without requiring any special tools, fasteners or tacks, and wherein the paper will be held neatly and smoothly.

lvl/'hilo we describe our invention specifically in connection with the-display of wall paper, it can be applied with equal advantage and facility to the display ot' sheets of various kinds of materials, posters, news bulletins, placards, etc.

The invention may be readily understood by reference tothe accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l 1s a front elevation of the panel,

rby any suitable means'or iixtures.

Figure 2 is a side View thereof;

`Figure 3 isa transverse sect-ion on the line lll-lll of Figure 2;

Figure fl is an enlarged detail view of one corner et thelpanel; y

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a Jform oi" metal corner clip used on the panel and comprising part or' theprcsent invention; and

Figure 6 is an corner of the panel. v t t In the drawings, 5 designates a suitable base member or panel. lt may be of wood, libre-board, composition, or any suitable material. When the invention isl to be adapted to the display of wall paper, itis of a dimension suitable to the' standardlsize of wall paper. l i.

Along each of the longitudinal edges of the ypanel-are hinged strips 6 and alongthe ends are hinged strips 7. In order to presenta neat and-finished appearance, the strips are mitered at the corners,as indicated at 9;

' rlhe mounting of the strips is accomplished Vile prefer to use a fixture which shall support strips on opposite faces. of the panel, and' will also provide a socket for the pintle of a hinge to permit ofthe panel having a swinging supenlarged end View of onev` sol port when so desired. As an examplewot such a iixture, reference may bev had'to Figures 4, 5 and 6, which show such a fitting indetail. y v Thetitting, designated generally as l0, is formed integrally from a piece of sheet metal, and has spaced apart strap portions 11 that straddle the panel, and which may be suitably perforated tol permit securingv means to lpass therethrough. The strap portions are connected byaloop ortion 12 which is neckedin at 13 to provi e a pintle socket. Portion 12, ci course, projects beyond the-edge of the panel. On each of the strap portions 11 is a wing 14 perpendicular thereto and which has a second wing 15 formed thereon at right vangles to wing 14: and also at right angles tion corresponding te the fitting in the upper right hand corner of Figure 1. By turning the fitting about, it is adaptable to any of the four corners. y

Each wing has an inner hole 16 and an outer l1ole17 therein. A screw' 18 entered in the outer hole V17 passesy longitudinallyv into the strips 6 or 7, providing a pivoting or hinged support therefor. Each strip' 6 or 7 preferably carries at one or both ends a spring projected snap or detent pin 19 Awhich normally engages theV inner hole 16 to hold the strips 6 or 7 in normal closed or paper clamping position.

Ordinarily the strips position shown in Figures 1 and 2, wherein Ythey lie flat on the surface of the panel.

Y trimmed ,to present a neat appearance.

When it is desired to secure a stripof wall paper, or samples of Vwall paper vin place, assu1nin that wall paper is to be displayed, the strips are swung transversely of their VVlengths on screws 18 as pivots to the position of strip 6 in Figure 6, or to the dotted line positions in Figure 3. A piece of wall paper is then laid on the panel, this piece of paper being of such dimension that when the strips are swung back to normal position the ends and edges of the paper will be under the edges of the strips. Then the paper has been laid in place, the stripsfare swung back to normal `displayed may be readily inserted or removed from -the panel. In the 'oase of wall paper,

Ithe panel would be of a standard width and a dealer would only have to tear or cut a strip of'paper to length and mount it on the panel. Since the edges of the paper are ooncealed, neither .the sides nor ends need be If a border is to be displayed with the sample 6 and 7 yare in the.V

of paper, it can be laid cros, se of the panel with its side edges, or sido edges and top edge, alone under the clamping strips.` `Dif'- i corners thereof, and a fixture at each corner i of the base having means thereon for pivotally supporting the intersecting strips on each face of the base, said fixtures also hav.- ing a hinge extension thereon through which a pintle for hin gedly supporting the panel may be passed.

2.15.1 display panel comprising a base,

damping strips on opposite faces of the base, and. a fixture connected to the base having portions projecting from the opposite faces thereof and providing pivotal supportfo'r clamping strips on opposite faces-of the base.

3. A display panel eomprisingabase,clamping strips on opposite faces of the base, and ai fixture connected to the base and extending around an edge thereof, vsuch fixture providing pivotal support for clamping strips on opposite facesof the base.

et. A display panel Comprisingabase,'cla1np ing strips onopposite faces of the base, and alixture vconnected to the baseand extending around an edge thereof and supporting clamping strips on opposite faces thereof, and means on the fixture for engaging supporting means for the panel.

In. testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

ARoHrBALD KIRK. sAMUnLL. Biuireifr.V 

